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Death metal band from Wavre in Walloon Brabant, active since 2012, named after the Egyptian goddess of war and destruction. Their brutal approach channels ancient mythological fury through modern extreme metal intensity.
Sektarism are a respected funeral doom metal act from Toulouse, known for their ritualistic, extremely slow-paced compositions that push the genre's boundaries into dark ambient territory. Active since 2008, they've built an international reputation for their uncompromising approach to sonic extremity.
Sekth practice black metal from Lyon, channeling the genre's dark intensity from France's second city. Active since 2016, they bring Rhone Valley darkness to the French black metal scene.
Selaphiel forge brutal death metal from the Cantabrian port of Santander, named after the archangel of prayer in a genre better known for blasphemy. Active since 2015, they bring angelic brutality to the northern Spanish coast.
Hailing from the rural plains of Farmersville, Texas, Selchidh has been crafting immersive atmospheric black metal since 2015, weaving vast, desolate soundscapes that feel native to the wide open skies of North Texas. Their music favors expansive, textured compositions that trade speed for mood, layering tremolo-driven riffs beneath cold, windswept ambience. They remain one of the quieter but more distinctive voices in the American atmospheric black metal underground.
Selenim have been practicing black metal from the Grand Est region since 1977, making them potentially one of the earliest black metal-aligned projects in France. Their nearly five decades of activity represent extraordinary historical significance.
Austrian funeral doom metal project from the rural village of Sankt Koloman, crafting glacially slow, crushing compositions since 2013. Their sound embraces the genre's characteristic monolithic riffs and suffocating atmospheres, drawing on themes of isolation mirrored by their remote alpine origins.
Moscow's Selenseas deliver power metal from the Russian capital since 2016. Their lunar-ocean name channels the seas of the moon into uplifting compositions from Europe's largest city.
Self Absence channel depressive black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2023. Their name of personal non-existence channels the void of selfhood into compositions of atmospheric, existential anguish.
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